Yagodinska Cave
| Yagodinska Cave | |
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| Ягодинска пещера | |
 Location of Yagodinska Cave in Bulgaria
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| Location | Yagodina, Smolyan Province |
| Coordinates | 41°36′0″N 24°18′0″E / 41.60000°N 24.30000°ECoordinates: 41°36′0″N 24°18′0″E / 41.60000°N 24.30000°E |
| Length | 10,500 m (34,400 ft) |
| Height variation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Elevation | 930 m (3,050 ft) |
| Difficulty | easy |
| Lighting | yes |
Yagodinska cave (Bulgarian: Ягодинска пещера) is a cave in the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. It is included in the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria under № 89. It is named after the homonymous village nearby. With a total length of 10,500 m, Yagodinska is the third longest cave in the country after Duhlata and Orlova Chuka and the longest in the Rhodopes. Yagodinska cave is home to 11 species of bats.
Yagodinska cave is on the right bank of the Byunovska River, a tributary to the Vacha River, on the slopes of the Buynovo gorge — the longest gorge in Bulgaria. It is in Smolyan Province at 20 km to the south of the town of Devin and 3 km to south-west of the village of Yagodina. The cave is accessible through the road Devin–Dospat and has a parking lot. The cave entrance is at an altitude of 930 m.
The exploration of the cave commenced in 1963 by the Speleological Club of Chepelare led by Dimitar Raychev. Initially 8,500 m have been explored and 2,000 m more galleries were discovered during the second mapping of the cave in 1982-1986. The age of the cave is estimated at 275,000 years.
Yagodinska cave is 10,500 m long and has three levels, of which only a 1,100 m path in the lowest level was electrified in 1971–1982 and opened for tourists. The entrance and the exit for that level are artificial tunnels with a length of 150 and 80 m respectively. The altitude of the entrance and the exit is 930 m and 937 m respectively. The temperature in the show cave is constant all year round at 6ºС; the humidity is 85%–91%.
Yagodinska contains a very large number of cave formations, or speleothems, including stalactites, stalagmites, stalagnates, draperies and cave pearls.
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